Highways of the Earth

A romance with a difference.Josie Madden's a shy and reclusive single mum in her mid-forties who's weasel of a husband has left her for his assistant. She's innocent, sweet-natured and very attractive -- but also old-fashioned, sexually unawakened, and likely to stay that way.Until Mark Latimer loses his frisbee in her back garden.Mark's a star photojournalist, a hedonistic young man with an eye for the ladies. He travels the world from war zone to war zone, returning between assignments to the UK where he spends time with his brothers. When he meets the reticent Josie, it's game on...Josie doesn't know about his Spanish stepmother. Or that his roving eye is also on her next-door neighbour, a blonde bombshell who sunbathes topless on her patio. And Mark is unaware of Josie's troubled past. Nonetheless he wins her over. And that's when the issues begin to mount up. How they are resolved comprises the main sequence of the story.Mark's two boozy brothers make sure of a mention and more, but it is ultimately the wise and beautiful Se¿ora Almeda who finds the answer... in her own unique way.Haunting the pages is Celandine, the dream daughter Josie has always longed for.

Pages: 230, Paperback, B. L. Torsades